Snap ornament fastener



N. BANDELL.

SNAP ORNAMENT FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 20, 1920. I

NATHAN BANDELL, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

SNAP ORNAMENT FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 15, 19211.

Application filed October 20, 1920. Serial No. 418,185.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, NATHAN BANDELL, a citizenof the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough ofthe Bronx, in the county of Bronx and State of New York, have invented anew and Improved Snap Ornament Fastener, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in snap ornament fasteners, anobject of the' invention being to provide a snap ornament fastener, thestud member of which is formed with an ornamental exterior of jet,glass, or imitation of et or glass, or any other breakable materialwhich is molded or cemented to the stud portion and which gives to thelatter the appearance of an ornamental stud or button.

A further object is to provide a snap ornament fastener which is adaptedfor use as an ornament or as a fastening means for a garment, and whichpermits the removal of the stud member during the laundrying operationof the garment so that the ornamental exterior of the stud member willnot be broken or injured during the laundrying operation.-

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction, and combinations and arrangements ofparts as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 illustrates one manner of use ofmy improved snap ornament fastener, the view being in section throughoverlapping portions of the garment, showing the members of the snapornament fastener in elevation.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view in section through the stud member of thesnap ornament fastener.

Fig. 3 is a view in elevation of Fig. 2.

My improved snap ornament astener comprises ,a socket member 1 and astud member 2 which are constructed in the or dinary manner of suchdevices so that the stud member when forced into the socket member willbe elastically held therein.

My invention resides particularly in the dinarily these openings 4 areutilized for sewing the stud member to the garment, but

with my improvement they constitute anchoring recesses into which theornamental head 5 is projected.

This ornamental head 5 may be of any deslred material. It can beconveniently made of material in imitation of glass or jet, and it ispreferably made first in plastic form so that it can be readily forcedinto the hollow stud 6, into the openings 4 and under the flange 3 andbe molded or ornamented on 1ts exterior in any approved manner, as shownat 7. The composition is of such a nature that when it is molded anddried or baked, its exterior will have the appearance of glass or jet,which material, of course, might be broken under pressure or by a blow,and hence, it is my intention to use my improved stud member in such away as to permit its removal from the garment during the laundryingoperation.

Fig. 1 illustrates one member of such use. The socket member 1 issecured to a portion 8 of the garment and the portion 9 which overlapsthe same is provided with an opening, buttonhole, or eyelet 10, throughwhich the stud 6 of the stud member 2 is projected and forced into thesocket member 1, thereby securing the portions of the garment together.When the garment is sent to the laundry, the stud member 2 is entirelyremoved so that it cannot be broken or injured during the laundryingoperation.

It is, of course, to be understood that-I do not limit myself to theparticular material employed to form the ornamental head in connectionwith the stud member as It may use any material adapted for the purposewhich can be molded, cemented, or otherwise secured in the stud member.

Various slight changes might be made in the general form and arrangementof the parts described without departing from the invention, and hence Ido not limit myself to'the precise details set forth, but considermyself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fallwithin the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. As a new article of manufacture, an ornamental stud member comprisinga hollow metal portion forming a hollow stud, a head of ornamentalmaterial secured in the stud member, said ornamental head formed ofplastic material molded into the hollow stud, said stud member havingopenings therein into which the plastic material of the head is molded.

2. As a new article of manufacture, an

ornamental stud member comprising a hollow metal portion forming ahollow stud and having an internal annular flange, and

a head of ornamental material secured in the stud member, saidornamental head formed of plastic material molded into the 10 hollowstud and under the annular flange, sald stud member having-openingstherein 1nto which the plastic material of the head is molded.

NATHAN BANDELL.

